Toshiba DVR610 1080p Upconverting Tunerless VHS DVD Recorder

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Features for Toshiba DVR610 1080p Upconverting Tunerless VHS DVD Recorder:

DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
Progressive Scan
1080p Upconversion
ColorStream Pro
JPEG Photo Viewer

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Medium Picture

Editorial Review
Enjoy the convenience of VCR and DVD playback options without the need for two units. The D-VR610 not only saves space, but also offers 1080p upconversion of DVD content via HDMI to near HD picture quality, and makes copying your videotapes to DVD a snap with bi-directional dubbing! Record your favorite home movies directly to DVD with the D-VR610. An HDMI output enables the D-R560 to play DVDs to your widescreen HDTV delivering sharp imagery on screens optimized for 1080 resolutions, in an upconversion mode. Video Upconversion to 720p/1080i/1080p 10bit Video DAC with 54MHz Processing DivX Home Theater Certified Digital Photo Viewer (JPEG) One Touch Recording makes recording your favorite show simple. Just connect your DVD recorder to your cable or satellite box and you are set to record with the push of one button Auto Finalize with Undo simplifies the recording process by automatically finalizing your recording for playback on standard DVD players Bi-directional dubbing lets you copy from tape to disc, or vice versa, with the push of one button 24bit Audio DAC with 192kHz Processing Plays MP3 and WMA formats (2-Ch) Dolby Digital Recording Features - Instant Skip, Zoom, and Editing (Playlist/Rename Title/Chapter Creation) Connections - Component Out, HDMI Out, Front DV Input, Front A/V Input (including S-Video), Rear S-Video Input/Output, Rear RCA-Video Input/Output, Rear Analog Audio Input/Output, Coax Output Approximate Unit Dimensions - 17.13 (W) x 3.92 (H) x 10.31 (D)
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Customer Reviews

Converting VHS to DVD can be a problem

2008-05-02
I bought this unit to convert old family VHS tapes to DVD. Many of the old VHS tapes had been converted from family and friends 16mm and 8mm dating to the 1950s and 1960's.

The original conversion process often left noise or garbled video for the first few seconds of the tape.
I couldn't get the D-VR610 VCR to DVD dubbing to work by following the VCR to DVD dubbing (copy) procedure given in the owners manual. Most of the time the video display would just turn blue with no message or indicator of what was wrong. Sometime a blinking red dot would appear but no recording to the DVD occurred. Sometime a small red circle with a slash through it would appear for a few seconds and the disappear.

The owners manual gave no indication of what this problem may be.
I called Toshiba tech support and found that when the D-VR610 detects garbage video and noise at the beginning of a VHS tape it assumes that it is potentially a copyrighted tape and will not copy nor will it display a message that states the reason it is not copying.

The Toshiba tech suggested approach was to copy the old VHS tape (beginning after the noise) to a new VHS tape and use the new VHS tape to make the DVD. This will be a major hassle with our many hours of old converted VHS tape. I'll find another way.

Great DVD Recorder/Player

2008-04-30
I am really enjoying this product. It plays all my DVD's. It plays divx/xvid, and it's really no hassle to record your VHS to DVD. It's is an excellent DVD recorder for the price. I haven't tried recording live TV, but I don't have a cable box either.

Toshiba DVR610

2008-04-20
We bought this DVR player/recorder because a friend had purchased the same product a few months earlier and was very satisfied with it. Likewise, we are too. Good product for the price.

Great Product

2008-07-09
I am pleased with how this product operates. I purchased it with the sole purpose of copying my VHS tapes, but was amazed at the quality of the picture. I honestly cannot see any difference between this and Blue-Ray.

Excellent Electronics but not very helpful manual

2008-06-17
I have had this unit for a week which has been entirely devoted to it. It should be incumbent on anyone marketing a unit with rigid pre-established software routines to carefully explain them to the purchser, which,in my estimation, Toshiba has failed. It is very upsetting to be left without a convenient means of getting out from the all to frequent "Dead Ends". Maybe I need a break; my tapes look fantastic when I manage to "Dub" one. In a nut shell... I love the unit but curse "The Manual"; and suggest Toshiba rectify this severe impediment as soon as possible.

vcr doesn't work

2008-06-15
brand new from the box, the vcr doesn't play and now is holding one of my irreplacable cassette hostage!

Monitor Issues

2008-05-28
Monitor is extremely difficult to use -- buttons are too deeply recessed and beam too narrowly focussed. Record/playback quality is borderline acceptable.

This VCR/DVD recorder is fantastic

2008-05-22
This is the 3rd attempt I've made at purchasing something to transfer my old videos to DVD and I think I finally have a winner! The user's manual leaves a little (ok, a lot!) to be desired, but after deciphering the badly translated English, I was able to transfer my videos to DVD with no problem. It literally takes about 3 button pushes and off it goes.

The quality so far seems excellent in both video and DVD playback too. And everyone I've given a DVD to has been able to play them so far!

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